Research Catalog

Title

Is the debt war over? : dispatches from Canada's fiscal frontline / editors, Christopher Ragan & William Watson.

Publication

Montreal : IRPP, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Institute for Research on Public Policy.
• Ragan, Christopher T. S.
• Watson, William G.

Description

ii, 365 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Dettes publiques > Canada
• Debts, Public > Canada
• Politique fiscale > Canada
• Fiscal policy > Canada

Note

• Based on papers presented at a conference held Oct. 2002 at McGill University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction and summary / Christopher Ragan and William Watson -- 1. How Big is the Debt? / William B. P. Robson -- Comments / Stephen Ambler -- 2. Where Did the Debt Come From? / Ronald Kneebone and Jennifer Chung -- Comments / Marc Van Audenrode -- 3. What Do We Get for Public Indebtedness? / Robin Boaadway -- Comments / Jeremy Rudin -- 4. Does the Debt Matter? / David Johnson -- Comments / Serge Coulombe -- 5. What Does the Debt Cost Us? / Bev Dahlby -- Comments / Tiff Macklem -- 6. What Should We Do About the Debt? / William Scarth -- Comments / Francois Vaillancourt -- 7. How Should We Manage the Debt? / David Bolder and Clifton Lee-Sing -- Comments / Huntley Schaller -- 8. Do We Need Fiscal Rules? / Don Drummond -- Comments / Paul Boothe -- Afterword: What is the Real Issue in the Debt Debate? / Lars Osberg -- Afterword: Is the Debt War Over? What Have We Learned? / Jack Mintz.

ISBN

0886452066

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries